Wrapup + Index File

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We ask about a mystery Minnesotan.

9/4/2026

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>> ERIC: SID HARTMAN, 20 YEARS AGO.

NOW ONTO OUR INDEX FILE QUESTION.

THE YEAR IS 1920 IN DAKOTA COUNTY.

A GROUP OF PEOPLE MAKE NATIONAL VOTING HISTORY.

AMONG THEM IS ONE PERSON WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO PERFORM THIS ACT.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU IS SIMPLE.

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN AND WHAT GROUNDBREAKING ACTION DID THEY TAKE?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM TRUMAN, LINCOLN, KENNEDY OR HARDING, MINNESOTA.

YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL AT 651-229-1430.

OR DROP US A NOTE.

THE ELECTRONIC INBOX IS ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TAKE TIME TO HONOR A DEARLY BELOVED COLLEAGUE WHO DIED LAST WEEK AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER.

>> CATHY: MIKE PHILLIPS, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MIKEY OR PHILLY, WORKED AS A VIDEOGRAPHER AT MINNESOTA PBS FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES.

HIS AWARD-WINNING WORK WAS PART OF MORE PRODUCTIONS THAN WE CAN COUNT, INCLUDING NEWTON'S APPLE, SCI GIRLS, DRAGONFLY TV, RELISH, AND, OF COURSE, "ALMANAC."

PHILLY ALWAYS WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO GET THE PERFECT SHOT.

WHETHER IS WAS STANDING ON TOP OF A VEHICLE OR RIDING A HORSE OR PUTTING ON SKATES.

>> ERIC: SPECIAL THANKS TO FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES FOR SHARING PHOTOS AND STORIES WITH US THIS WEEK OF MIKEY DOING HIS AMAZING WORK.

WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF MIKEY AT WORK.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

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